Using W510 120 SSD in X220 drive bay?

Hi Folks,
I posted this question previously, but the full solution has not been posted.
I have a 120 SSD from my W510 which I would like to put in my X220. Is this possible? The problem is that the caddy that comes with the 120 SSD is too large for the drive bay of the X220, It also appears that the pin configureation is different. I suspect that this is not possible, but I thought I would ask.
Thanks,
SD
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I have a 120 SSD from my W510 which I would like to put in my X220. Is this possible? The problem is that the caddy that comes with the 120 SSD is too large for the drive bay of the X220, It also appears that the pin configureation is different. I suspect that this is not possible, but I thought I would ask.
The major problem is that drive has a 1.8" wide form factor, and the W510 caddy beefs it up to a 2.5" wide, 9.5mm high form factor.
The X220 drive bay is intended for a 2.5" wide, 7mm high drive, so you have a few issues to address
There is no "plug and play" caddy for mounting that Toshiba drive in an X220 drive bay, so a degree of creativity will be needed if you want to attempt to do it.
I don't have that drive, so my comments below are based on looking at photos from here.... http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/3516/lenovo_toshiba_oem_thns128gg4baaa_128gb_solid_state_drive/ind...
It appears that the connector on the back of the Toshiba drive is a standard SATA type, and it also appears the drive is 7mm (or so) thick, so the challenge is to get it aligned correctly with the SATA connector in the X220 drive bay.
Electrically it should work , but you would need to figure out how to locate/fix the drive in a X220 drive caddy so that it did not become disconnected.
Personally, I think it is more trouble than it would be worth, as neither the X220 or the drive would be covered by warranty for doing something like that.
YMMV
Cheers,
Bill
I don't work for Lenovo

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